Different genetic supports for the tet(S) gene in enterococci

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6014-6018

  Novais, Carla ^a,b   Freitas, Ana R ^a,c   Silveira, Eduarda ^a   Baquero, Fernando ^c,d,e   Peixe, Luísa ^a   Roberts, Adam P ^f   Coque, Teresa M ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO RAMÓN Y CAJAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA IRYCIS   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TET(S) GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TETRACYCLINES;

EID: 84868026610     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00758-12     Document Type: Article

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